Zbiroh

Zbiroh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Zbiroh (2,301)
• Chotětín (15)
• Jablečno (29)
• Přísednice (43)
• Třebnuška (32)

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Zbiroh is located about {{convert|18|km}} northeast of Rokycany and {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands. The highest point is the Kohoutov hill at {{convert|596|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The stream Zbirožský potok flows through the town.

Zbiroh's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dcbo). Among them, the annual average temperature is {{convert|8.5|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{convert|18.4|C}}, and the coldest month is {{convert|-0.9|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{convert|585.7|mm}}, of which June is the wettest with {{convert|83.7|mm}}, while February is the driest with only {{convert|26.6|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{convert|-25.0|C}} on 22 December 1969 to {{convert|38.6|C}} on 27 July 1983.{{cite web |title=Teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé kalendářní dny|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=T&analysis=MD_T|access-date=2025-02-25|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs}}

{{Weather box

|location = Zbiroh, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high C = 16.8

|Feb record high C = 18.7

|Mar record high C = 23.2

|Apr record high C = 29.2

|May record high C = 32.4

|Jun record high C = 36.2

|Jul record high C = 38.6

|Aug record high C = 37.2

|Sep record high C = 32.8

|Oct record high C = 27.0

|Nov record high C = 21.0

|Dec record high C = 16.5

|year record high C = 38.6

|Jan high C = 1.9

|Feb high C = 3.9

|Mar high C = 8.5

|Apr high C = 14.6

|May high C = 19.4

|Jun high C = 22.7

|Jul high C = 24.9

|Aug high C = 24.9

|Sep high C = 19.4

|Oct high C = 13.1

|Nov high C = 6.4

|Dec high C = 2.5

|year high C = 13.5

|Jan mean C = -0.9

|Feb mean C = 0.0

|Mar mean C = 3.6

|Apr mean C = 8.6

|May mean C = 13.1

|Jun mean C = 16.6

|Jul mean C = 18.4

|Aug mean C = 18.0

|Sep mean C = 13.1

|Oct mean C = 8.2

|Nov mean C = 3.3

|Dec mean C = -0.0

|year mean C = 8.5

|Jan low C = -3.6

|Feb low C = -3.2

|Mar low C = -0.3

|Apr low C = 3.1

|May low C = 7.2

|Jun low C = 10.8

|Jul low C = 12.6

|Aug low C = 12.3

|Sep low C = 8.5

|Oct low C = 4.6

|Nov low C = 0.7

|Dec low C = -2.4

|year low C = 4.2

|Jan record low C = -23.8

|Feb record low C = -23.8

|Mar record low C = -19.6

|Apr record low C = -9.0

|May record low C = -3.6

|Jun record low C = -1.3

|Jul record low C = 2.9

|Aug record low C = 2.5

|Sep record low C = -2.1

|Oct record low C = -8.3

|Nov record low C = -15.2

|Dec record low C = -25.0

|year record low C = -25.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 30.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 26.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 36.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 34.5

|May precipitation mm = 64.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 83.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 81.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 74.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 44.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 41.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 34.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 33.1

|year precipitation mm = 585.7

|Jan snow cm = 17.5

|Feb snow cm = 15.3

|Mar snow cm = 9.2

|Apr snow cm = 1.6

|May snow cm = 0.0

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.0

|Oct snow cm = 0.5

|Nov snow cm = 7.2

|Dec snow cm = 12.6

|year snow cm = 63.8

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 85.2

|Feb humidity = 80.0

|Mar humidity = 75.7

|Apr humidity = 69.1

|May humidity = 70.6

|Jun humidity = 70.8

|Jul humidity = 69.5

|Aug humidity = 70.3

|Sep humidity = 77.0

|Oct humidity = 83.1

|Nov humidity = 87.9

|Dec humidity = 87.2

|year humidity = 77.2

|source 1 = Czech Hydrometeorological Institute{{cite web |title=Průměrná teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Úhrn srážek v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=R&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=N&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná relativní vlhkost vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=H&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225034938/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=H&analysis=MY|archive-date=2025-02-25}}}}

The first written mention of Zbiroh is from 1230. It was a market village which was promoted to a market town in 1369. During the rule of the Rosenberg family, Zbiroh developed and acquired various rights. In 1897, Zbiroh was promoted to a town by Franz Joseph I.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.zbiroh.cz/mesto/nase-mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Zbiroh|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-27}}

The first kill house in Czechoslovakia was built in 1947 in a police school in Zbiroh by World War II veterans of the Czechoslovak Army that had been trained in Great Britain.{{cite web |title=Kdo vystřelí první, ten vyhrává!|url=https://www.armadninoviny.cz/kdo-vystreli-prvni-ten-vyhrava.html|publisher=Armádní noviny|language=cs|date=2023-05-16|access-date=2023-05-17}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|2577

|1880|2484

|1890|2317

|1900|2212

|1910|2236

|1921|2082

|1930|1999

|1950|1852

|1961|2220

|1970|2053

|1980|2560

|1991|2437

|2001|2593

|2011|2567

|2021|2420

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. The D5 motorway from Prague to Plzeň runs south of the town just outside the municipal territory.

File:Kostel sv Mikulase Zbiroh.JPG

The most important monument is the Zbiroh Castle. The original Romanesque-Gothic castle was built at the end of the 12th century{{cite web |title=Zbiroh Chateau|url=https://www.zbiroh.com/|publisher=Zbiroh Chateau|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-27}} or in the early 13th century, and belongs to the oldest aristocratic residences in the country. At the end of the 16th century, it was rebuilt into its current appearance of a large Renaissance castle. The landmark of the original castle part is the oldest detached watch tower in the Czech Republic. The well located in Zbiroh Castle, {{convert|163|m|ft|abbr=on}} deep, is one of the deepest castle wells in Europe.{{cite web |title=Zbiroh – Mysterious Castle of Three Emperors|url=http://www.tresbohemes.com/2019/09/zbiroh-mysterious-castle-of-three-emperors/|publisher=TresBohemes|date=2019-09-22|access-date=2020-08-03}}

The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1719–1720.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Mikuláše|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-mikulase-18781631|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-25}}

• Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet

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